A Day in the Life
From the Front Range of Colorado, to the foothills of the Himalayas, to the
shores of Lake Victoria, to the rainforest of Costa Rica, to the Canadian
Rockies..EMI interns spend their days working and serving at EMI. In each
office it is all a bit different, you may wake up in a host home or you may wake up
next to other EMI'ers in the home/office compound! You may simply roll out of
bed and walk to another room to begin your workday or you may take a bus or
drive your car to begin your workday.
One thing that is common is that the day will begin in prayer. Each office starts
the day praying for our personal needs, projects, and those located in other
offices. After prayer, each staff member and intern goes to their desk and begins
the day with the engineering and architecture work that is set before them. The
tasks of an intern vary from AutoCAD drafting to writing reports, from
architectural design to engineering design, ...even helping do other things
around the office like binding reports.
There are others who wake up while it is still dark and begin their journey to the
construction site of the day. The day is full of communicating with nationals
about the design and verifying that the project is built as designed. You may
even have an opportunity to help them build depending on the project.
Our interns are involved in various ministry activities throughout the week such
as serving meals at the local soup kitchen, walking to local villages to help with
medical clinics, and just playing with local children! Our interns participate in
Bible Studies at the office and in some offices the intern is assigned a mentor to
meet with once a week to encourage spirtitual growth while here at EMI. The
offices where "official" mentoring doesn't occur, the interns have the privilege of
living and working with our staff, thus strong relationships are formed due to the
size of staff and the nature of the situation.
The focus of the EMI interns is the work that is put before them in the fields of
engineering and architecture, although we greatly encourage and coach people
in their walks with the Lord.
Check out a videos created by a interns capturing their time with EMI.
[Intern Video List]
Internships at EMI offer a lifechanging experience.
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